Dorset North Nicholas Baker 23,294 5,380 20,548 0 801 Dorset North 29,855 3,195 19,784 0 0 Conservative Dorset North's pretty countryside, peppered with solid little market towns such as Shaftesbury and Blandford Forum, looks as if it ought to be safely Conservative, and the Tories did indeed poll over 50 per cent of the vote here, on slightly different boundaries, in 1992. However, the Liberal Democrats have been doing very well here in recent local elections, and, although it will not be easy, they must have hopes of achieving a breakthrough here, if they are to see advance in their strength in the House of Commons.

	3,713	9.91	9.03	110
	10,761	28.71	11.17	257
	1,491	3.98	11.25	35
	3,194	8.52	14.70	58
	1,350	3.60	10.45	34
	4,972	13.27	2.81	471
	5,577	14.88	8.01	186
	5,374	14.34	15.25	94
	0	0.00	7.13	0
	184	0.49	10.17	5